Stuart Ballard wrote:
>
> Seth Spitzer wrote:
> >
> > > They are alphabetical, but not from the lowest level back to the
> > > highest. Using the example I mentioned, this is what I see in NS6:
> > > n.comp
> > > n.p.general
> > > n.p.m.mail-news
> > > n.r.c.general
> > > n.r.h-b.general
> > > n.wanted
> >
> > That is alphabetical, from lowest to highest.
>
> Sorted by *abbreviation*? Yuck - remember that the full names of these
> groups are:
>
> nz.comp
> netscape.public.general
> netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news
> nz.reg.christchurch.general
> nz.reg.hawkes-bay.general
> nz.wanted
>
> So it's quite reasonable for the original poster to expect (at least)
> n.comp to appear *after* n.p.m.*, even though you can't distinguish the
> two "n.*"s in the UI.
Is it hard to do the sort in Mozilla before the names are abbreviated?
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